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The Robots Are Coming, and Sweden Is Fine
From inside the control room carved into the rock more than half a mile underground, Mika Persson can see the robots on the march, supposedly coming for his job...
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Feeling Sounds, Hearing Sights
A new wave of sensory substitution devices work to assist people who are blind or deaf.
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The New Jobs
As automation takes on more and more tasks, what will human workers do?
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The Rise of Spintronics
A technology that could supplant standard silicon transistors as Moore's Law approaches its physical limits is based on devices that work by manipulating the spin...
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Can America's Power Grid Survive an Electromagnetic Attack?
Last month, federal agencies and utility executives held GridEx IV, a biennial event where officials responsible for hundreds of local utilities game out scenarios...
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How Facebook's Political nit Enables the Dark Art of Digital Propaganda
Under fire for Facebook Inc.'s role as a platform for political propaganda, co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has punched back, saying his mission is above partisanship...
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An Early Flu Season Thwarts Cdc's Forecasting Challenge
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has hosted a flu forecasting challenge for the last five years in which academic and industry participants organize...
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Evolutionary Programming Converts Darwinism Into Algorithms
Evolutionary computation strategies include a multitude of biologically inspired algorithms for optimizing problems, often those with too many variables to compare...
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Researchers Compute Their Way to the Center of the Earth
Researchers are using Germany's Julich Supercomputing Center to better understand how materials behave in the extreme conditions beneath the Earth's surface.
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niversity of Sydney Develops Quantum Trick to Block Background Sensor 'chatter'
Researchers have developed a method to block background "chatter," which they say solves a common problem associated with quantum sensing devices.
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Improving Traffic--By Tailgating Less
Researchers have shown that there would be fewer traffic jams if drivers would stop tailgating.
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Why Doesn't the N.f.l. se Tracking Technology For First-Down Calls?
It was a scene almost designed to show the folly of the N.F.L.'s first-down measurement system.
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AI Insights Could Help Reduce Injuries in Construction Industry
Researchers are using artificial intelligence to gain new insights into ways to help reduce wear-and-tear injuries and boost the productivity of construction workers...
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How Do You Spot a Russian Bot? Answer Goes Beyond Kremlin Watching
Researchers have isolated the characteristics of bots on Twitter by studying bot activity related to Russian political discussions.
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Your Smartphone's Next Trick? Fighting Cybercrime
Researchers have identified smartphones by examining a single photo taken by the device, opening up the possibility of using smartphones to deter cybercrime.
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Single-Photon Detector Can Count to Four
Researchers have demonstrated that a widely used method of detecting single photons can also count the presence of at least four photons at a time.
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Wpi and conn Researchers Create an App to Predict and Intervene in sers' Overeating
SlipBuddy is a smartphone application designed to help users manage their overeating by tracking eating patterns, providing interventions, and helping change behavior...
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AI Tutoring: Genius on My Shoulder
Students are being given access to an incredibly smart digital friend with unlimited patience, programmed to sense the best way to impart knowledge.
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Aus Students Develop Device to Reduce Car Mishaps
Researchers have designed and developed a smart system to lower the rate of car accidents.
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